Care of your Drum AND WORKING TOGETHER
CARE OF YOUR DRUM
Your drum has been handmade using local natural resources . Each Drum is made with the Greatest respect given to the Animals and materials used.
The Tone or Sound of your Drum will depend on the thickness of the Skin. The thicker the Skin the deeper or lower the tone. It is also effected by how thigh the Skin is stretched over the frame. A bit like stretching a Guitar string. The tighter it is the higher the sound. But the size of the frame will have an influence on the sound. The bigger the frame the wider the drum and the sound will be lower.
Being made of organic material your drum will be sensitive to temperature changes particularly moisture. You can resolve this by warming your Drum gently by a fire or with a hairdryer.
Do Not leave unattended or for a long while near a source of heat.
To reduce the effect of moisture you can keep your drum in a bag .
The skin can be sealed by oiling , waxing or applying a moisture proof spray if desired .The Type used for Walking boots ( however I have never felt the need to apply this myself. It will give the skin an oily type look)
If you wish to paint your drum we recommend Acrylic, Acrylic inks or oil paint.
(Again this could change the tone of you drum slightly.)
Oils take a long time to dry and it might be better to mix with a special drying agent available at most art shops
We have added a piece of spare skin on the back which you can experiment with paint and water proofing
On Drying sometimes the skin pulls the frame a little causing the drum to be not completely round or flat. It can also move the metal hoop off its central point. This will not affect the sound or the Drum in any way. But tends to make your Drum unique for your purposes.
Whatever you do we hope you thoroughly enjoy our Drum and build a wonderful relationship together.
Dunnwood Drums at dunnwooddrums@live.com
Tel 01332 80984
www.dunnwooddrums.com/
I would Imagine Most drum Makers will tell you similar ways of Honouring and Respecting your Drum Including how to care for your Drum . So it's difficult to recreate in different format the information you need to know .
Kind permission has been given By Nicholas Wood to use his information on Caring for your drum
Nicholas is an Experienced Craftsman making Drums , Rattles, Feather Fans and other Sacred objects. His fine work is an Inspiration. He is a Shamanic practitioner. Editor of the Sacred hoop Magazine. You will find this information on his web site Shamanic and ceremonial Craftwork and in Voices of the Earth a handbook for the Modern Shaman (Godsfield Press Ltd)
Your Drum and You
a sacred relationship
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There are many reasons to Drum here are just a few.
You can just drum to enjoying it and the spontanious rhythms you can find Find out the different sounds you can get out of the drum and different rhythms. Play with other people just to enjoy the Interweaving rhythms. For dance and fire ceremonies. Ritual or religious ceremonies.The drum can be used to cleanse sacred space as you would use a smudge stick or bell. It can also be used to cleanse yourself chakras in the same way.Diagnostic , as with cleansing auras , chakras ect listening to the rhythm changes.Healing the drum can be used to Heal Through the sound of its beat or as a Shamanic tool. Drums are increasingly used in music therapy, especially hand drums, because of their tactile nature and easy use by a wide variety of people.Meditation, the drum itself can be use to meditate. The beating of a steady rhythmic beat can induce a trance like state for meditative purposes or to contact spirit guides and journeying.
